First state-owned sand mine comes up in Khunti

December 2018

Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) has opened its first state-owned sand ghat in Khunti district. Reportedly, three more ghats a...

Tags: JSMDC, Sand mining

BHEL awards twin boiler equipment orders to GE Power

July 2018

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has awarded twin boiler equipment orders to GE Power’s Steam Power business for supercritical thermal power projects ...

Tags: Bharat Heavy Electricals, BHEL, Patratu, GEPIL, Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, TANGEDCO, GE Power

5 states for buying 3,000 MW sans PPAs

July 2018

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand together want to buy 3,000 MW of power under a government scheme to promote purchases from plant...

Tags: PPA, PFC Consulting, PTC India

RInfra bags Rs 882 crore road contract from NHAI

February 2018

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has sent a Letter of Award (LoA) to Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) for the six-laning of Aurangabad...

Tags: NHAI, NHAI, LoA, EPC

States to auction 72 mineral blocks by fiscal end

January 2018

As many as 72 mineral blocks in 12 mineral-rich states are likely to undergo mining activities by end of this financial year. The states of Andhra Pr...

Tags: Mining, Mine auction, Iron ore, Limestone

EOSIL awarded contract by ONGC

January 2018

Essar Oilfields Services India Limited (EOSIL) announced that it has been awarded a one-year, Rs 32-crore contract by ONGC to drill 30 wells at the l...

Tags: Essar Oilfields Services India Limited, CBM, ONGC, Essar Wildcat, Oil India, Mercator Petroleum

INDIA'S FIRST COMPOSITE CEMENT

September 2017

Made of a combination of cement, fly-ash and slag, Ambuja Cement has launched Compocem - the first composite cement made in India. Introduced in the ...

Tags: Cement, Fly-ash, Slag, Ambuja Cement, IHB

Payment delays increase risk and project costs for solar and wind projects in many states

April 2017

Payment delays by distribution companies (DISCOMS) continue to pose a challenge for the growing renewable energy sector in India as it tries to achie...

Tags: DISCOMS, Renewable energy sector, SECI, REWA, Investment, MSEDCL, Power generation, Jharkhand Urja Vitran Nigam, Damodar Valley Corporation, Coal India, TANGEDCO, PPA, MAHAGENCO, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group